Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market. Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale. Where supply and
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A year ago, on the Guardians Of The Galaxy Reddit board, Catpipe asked,
A couple of changes between solicitation and publication. Sanya Anwar and Tini Howard will be adding a back-up strip to Shade The Changing Girl #3 next
T2. Judgement Day. No, wait, that was the other one. From Danny Boyle, the trailer for T2: Trainspotting. Member?
Earlier today, Bleeding Cool ran the news that Double Take Comics, the comic publishing arm of Take 2 Interactive is to close down. It follows earlier
From today's Green Lanterns #10. The power of a role model... and an inspirational moment. And maybe in a week's time, girls might be able to say the same
DC Comics likes to leave the Suicide Squad back-up details till the last minute. Probably because they gave a stack of them and want to slot in whichever
Here's a look a few upcoming collections on Amazon - those that Marvel will allow, anyway. We begin with the Omnibuses... X-Men Legacy: Legion Omnibus
Last weekend, Bleeding Cool went to MCM London Comic Con. It was a blast. And we noted how vendors and creators there were celebrating sales being up.
So yes, the last New Comics Day before next week's Presidential Election and plenty of comic books are addressing that fact. Faith #5 puts Hillary Clinton
Looks like Marvel will be producing a Prelude digital comic ahead of Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 - and also for Spider-Man: Homecoming. The most recent
I do really enjoy the work of Alex De Campi. The inventor of the modern digitally layered comic with Valentine, creator and co-creator of comics such as
https://twitter.com/MarvelMaster616/status/793441500986302464 So yes, as promised, in today's Champions #2, two of the characters express amorous intent
There are some people who get annoyed by The Walking Dead. Who say that it's hardly a zombie comic, the zombies are hardly in it and they certainly don't
From the previews, we pointed out that today's Batman had the Dark Knight going to Bane's lair with one threat on his lips. Again and again. Well,
Selling out from Diamond Comic Distributors... As Boom's Jonesy by Sam Humphries and Caitlin Rose Boyle goes to an ongoing series with issue 5, it's also
One J Scott Campbell's retailer-exclusive covers for Midtown Comics received considerable criticism when it was first announced, and the cover in most
Today's Death Of X #3 set around eight months ago in Marvel's time sees the Stepford Cuckoos go to Yorkshire. Just Yorkshire, nothing more specific, to
Over two years ago, Thor lost his worthiness. A few unknown words were spoken by Old Man Nick Fury in the Original Sin series written by Jason Aaron. And
We know how Hal Jordan used to do it. And there have been other versions over the years. Well, in today's Green Lanterns #10, we see the first full
That's the thing about time traveller like Kang. And... other versions of Kang. They work like living spoilers, looking ahead to see what's coming,
The Lucca Comic and Games festival is one of the largest comic cons in the world, this weekend attracting over a quarter of a million attendees. One of
A few changes twixt solicitation and publication from DC Comics tomorrow... Catwoman: Election Night #1. Solicited with art by Shane Davis and Ben
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCEmiTyDfLY Aaron Haaland writes, Hey Fandom, this week I wanted to not talk politics (and I think I did a good job of
In an open press call that Bleeding Cool wasn't invited to, Marvel EIC Axel Alonso stated that at least two new series would be spinning out of their
From tomorrow's Catwoman: Election Night, published by DC Comics, sees The Penguin channel Donald Trump while standing for mayor of Gotham. It gets as
Has he gone? I do hope so. Kieron Gillen has an e-mail newsletter. It really is the thing. On it, he very graciously credited me with scooping everyone on
Bleeding Cool previously reported on an event at Italian comic con Lucca, which saw the much-criticised Milo Manara and Frank Cho discuss art and women.
Bleeding Cool has a brand new staff writer. The first of a number who will be appointed in the next few months. I wasn't consulted on this, obviously.
The word came into Bleeding Cool that Dimitrios Fragiskatos, the manager for Midtown Comics Grand Central store, was seen in the Crown Heights